Electron Micrograph of Geobacter (Green) Expressing Wires Decorated with Peptide Tags (Red Dots). (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Electron Micrograph of Geobacter (Green) Expressing Wires Decorated with Peptide Tags (Red Dots).

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UMass Amherst microbiologist Derek Lovley and colleagues introduce a new method of tuning conductive nanowires, offering a 'toolbox of wires to choose from with a million-fold range in conductivity.'

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UMass Amherst/Lovley Lab

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